Refresher on Who I am

Chris Lee (Harvard ’13, Applied Math/CS) has had a career in product engineering through venture/startups.


Applied Science & Research Background

In high school, he spent three summers at Caltech—first in Melanie Hunt’s lab (she later became Vice Provost), where she introduced students to the phenomenon of “singing” sand dunes in the Mojave Desert. He later worked in Sossina Haile’s lab under the mentorship of Will Chueh, who continues to pioneer breakthroughs in energy research.

At Harvard, Chris published under Hanspeter Pfister (HCI) and served as a teaching assistant in his courses. Like many, he eventually drifted from academia into startups, co-founding Hack Harvard.   He sold his first startup to the family office of Joseph Taussig III (Naval Academy, HBS).

AI/ML systems in real-world contexts

Though he had done some AI coursework in college, he has since been self taught through participation in ML Collective and conferences. During his sabbatical, he was exploring physical-world AI applications at South Park Commons and built LLM-powered workflows in applied sciences at Menlo Ventures. 


Chris Lee  - Personal Story